Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 14, 2026
Information We Collect
Briefly Pulse may collect basic analytics data about site usage, including pages visited, time spent, and general location information through standard web technologies.
Newsletter subscription requests
The newsletter form collects the email address you provide to register and manage your subscription request. These subscription records are separate from aggregate site-usage measurements. Newsletter delivery is currently paused; the signup process may still send a subscription confirmation message.
Newsletter subscriptions are managed using MailPoet in our WordPress site. Records include your email address, subscription and confirmation status, and list membership. Registration or confirmation records may also include an IP address for subscription verification and abuse prevention; they are not the same as the separate site-engagement data described below.
Individual email-open tracking, email-click tracking and MailPoet tracking cookies are disabled. Disabling tracking does not automatically erase previously stored registration records. Future newsletter editions will include an unsubscribe link.
How We Use Information
We use this information to improve our content and user experience.
Cookies
We use cookies for basic site functionality and analytics.
Third-Party Services
We may use third-party analytics services that have their own privacy policies.
Your Rights
You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information.
Contact
For privacy inquiries, contact: privacy@thebrieflypulse.com
Briefly Pulse is operated by MFS Corp.
Anonymous Engagement (Views and Reactions)
Briefly Pulse uses a random first-party token stored in your browser to recognize repeat activity. The server issues this token in an HttpOnly cookie, so site JavaScript cannot read or create it. The server derives pseudonymous HMAC hashes using a WordPress salt; we do not store the token itself, raw IP addresses, or user-agent strings.
We use this limited engagement data to provide aggregate readership signals, prevent duplicate counting and abuse, and let readers use article reactions. A published article records at most one view per first-party token in a rolling 24-hour period. Editors, previews, recognized bots, synthetic monitoring, and cross-origin requests are excluded. Readers may keep one active reaction per article and may switch that selection.
Timestamped engagement events, hourly aggregate activity, view-deduplication records, and the pseudonymous record of an active reaction selection are retained for 35 days. Short-lived rate-limit records are retained for 2 hours. Automated cleanup runs in bounded batches, so deletion may have a brief processing lag. This feature is first-party only and is not used for cross-site tracking or to identify a person.